destreindre

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old French destraindre.

Verb[edit]

destreindre

  1. to squeeze
  2. (figuratively) to seize
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 75:
      angoisse de mort se destreingnoit
      fear of death seized him

References[edit]

  • destreindre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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